DYK: Public-funded science supports American farms and our favorite foods? Plant pathologist Isako Di Tomassi helps farmers identify potato diseases to protect harvests, keep our food safe and grow our economy. Learn about public-funded agricultural research at science.federalharmstracker.org.

Have you heard about the #OMBrule but don't know how to write your public comment? Come to the Power Hour! And here is some reading material in the meantime to share a perspective on what the proposed rule could mean for the next generation of scientists: sciencepolitics.org/2026/06/05/w...

What Happens to the Next Generation of Scientists if Politicians, Not Peers, Determine Research Funding - Science Politics

Fewer trainees today will mean fewer scientific discoveries tomorrow.

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Isako Di Tomassi@isakoditomassi.bsky.social · last mo.

Join @snapcoalition.org tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET for an OMB Public Comment Writing "Power Hour"! They will have a short intro to what the proposed rule is, advice for writing your comment, and then ~10 minutes for writing each section. Register here: tiny.cc/OMBpowerhour #scipol #science #OMBrule

@alexlando.bsky.social and Clancy Larmour hosting a #scicomm workshop for @msastudents.bsky.social happening TODAY @ 4 p.m. ET! Join us and spread the word = ) calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...

MSA SPS Science Communication Workshop — Invitation via Google Calendar

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Hi, #scipol #scicomm and #scisky peoples! You should follow the @snapcoalition.org blog, "Science Policy in a SNAP"! Check it out here: medium.com/science-poli... #ECRs #science #policy

Science Policy in a SNAP

Early-career researchers bridging science and community. This is the blog for the Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP).

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Glad to see @snapcoalition.org member Emily Yao teaching a new SNAP Science Policy 101 course module! These will be publicly available open-access #SciPol modules on topics such as #SciComm, how the government works, science diplomacy, and others!

Such a fun opportunity! Love communicating science with my fellow SNAPers <3

Emily Selland (she/her)@eselland.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Panelists from @snapcoalition.bsky.social ‘s mobilizing early career researchers panel today at @sciencetalkorg.bsky.social !!! #sciencecomm #SNAP @sneharao.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social

HAPPENING NOW @snapcoalition.bsky.social panel discussing the work to mobilize scientists to engage with communities and policy makers @sneharao.bsky.social @eselland.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social and David Ramotowski

So excited to present on a panel at SciTalk with my amazing fellow SNAPpers @alexlando.bsky.social David Ramotowski @eselland.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social! If you're attending, stop by the SNAP posters too! Cael Dant @disha-patel3.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io

Scientist Network for Advancing Policy@snapcoalition.org · 5mo ago

Check out the SNAP Panel at @sciencetalkorg.bsky.social #ScienceTalk26 at 2pm PT on March 26th! Members will share lessons from organizing national initiatives that connect policymakers, researchers, and communities. Stop by posters from additional SNAP members too! #SciComm #ECRs #SciPol

We especially want to thank all of the other SNAPpers and ASAPers who made this possible @erinmorrow.bsky.social @bdavisbio.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @ashyeneng.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social @kassstem.com @jonj-udd.bsky.social

Isako Di Tomassi@isakoditomassi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

@emmascales.bsky.social & I are grateful to receive @researchamerica.bsky.social Meeting the Moment Award on behalf of @snapcoalition.bsky.social and @cornellasap.bsky.social for the #McClintockLetters #SciComm initiative! Thank you SO MUCH to all ML writers bit.ly/47sVJwE #RAAwards #SciAdvocacy

🫰snaps🫰for @snapcoalition.bsky.social, the first group of grad students to join us on the plenary stage in almost 180 years!

Do you like swag and care about #EarlyCareerResearchers in #scipol and #scicomm? Of course you do. Drop by Booth 605 at #AAASmtg today to speak with SNAPpers about what we do and how you can help! And come see our plenary panel today @ 1 p.m.! #AAAS2026

Of course also huge thanks to @emmascales.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @bdavisbio.bsky.social @rosemalb.bsky.social @sneharao.bsky.social @ksxue.bsky.social @ashyeneng.bsky.social & all others who helped!

Isako Di Tomassi@isakoditomassi.bsky.social · 6mo ago

@researchamerica.bsky.social is honoring the McClintock Letters Initiative a "Meeting the Moment" award: www.researchamerica.org/advocacy-awa... We are so grateful to all of the participants of the #McClintockLetters! @snapcoalition.bsky.social and @cornellasap.bsky.social really crushed it!

ASAPers @emmascales.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @braineelainee.bsky.social are attending @aaas.org conference in Phoenix Feb. 12-14! If you're going, don't miss @snapcoalition.bsky.social events, including the reception (forms.gle/T4Ue52eVXhG2...) #AAAS2026

@bdavisbio.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @kassstem.bsky.social @gator-pase.bsky.social @scipolucla.bsky.social @pspdg.bsky.social

Scientist Network for Advancing Policy@snapcoalition.org · 9mo ago

Guest piece for #Inform&Influence detailing how SNAP has succeeded as a #grassroots org coordinating multiple nationwide initiatives. #SciPol #SciAdvocacy #SciComm #McClintockLetters www.linkedin.com/posts/debora...

No kings in Ithaca! @isakoditomassi.bsky.social

Isako Di Tomassi@isakoditomassi.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Hells yes, great turnout today! The march was highly successful, as well. #NoKings #Ithaca

📢🍄Job alert🍄📢 The Department of Plant Pathology of the University of Georgia is accepting applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor in Fungal Biology/Mycology. Anticipated start date of May 2026. Open until filled, so apply now! www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...

Impactful matriculation speech for new #gradstudents by @yale.edu Grad School Dean Lynn Cooley on how crucial #SciComm is, with shout-outs to @snapcoalition.bsky.social & wonderful SNAP co-founder Alex Rich. ~23 minutes in: m.youtube.com/watch?v=6rGv...

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Matriculation Ceremony

YouTube video by Yale University

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Two years down, three to go! Thanks to a fantastic committee and my even better friends (although two cakes was very unnecessary)

Isako Di Tomassi@isakoditomassi.bsky.social · last yr.

GUESS WHO PASSED THEIR MF'ING A EXAM TODAY? @alexlando.bsky.social is officially a PhD candidate in the #CornellPPPMB program. #TheFast&TheFuria #EntomophthorAlex #PhD @lovettbr.bsky.social

UChicago representation! I always loved working with the organismal bio people at the Field Museum. Good luck and may the tiktaalik spirit guide you @neilshubin.bsky.social

Science Magazine@science.org · last yr.

Neil Shubin, an evolutionary biologist best known for discovering an important fish fossil, has been nominated to head the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. scim.ag/46IG9hG

Coming down the home stretch for #McClintockLetters! There is still time to participate. Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch! Are you living in or are from #Arkansas? Write to your local paper to share your science: blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...

Meeting such amazing mycologists at this conference is really making me feel good about the future again <3

Isako Di Tomassi@isakoditomassi.bsky.social · last yr.

#MSAfungi2025 is great so far! Saw excellent works from @chasemayers.bsky.social, @alexlando.bsky.social, and Iván Delgado of @btiscience.bsky.social today.

Hi, friends! I know @alexlando.bsky.social, @epiplantpath.bsky.social and I will be at #MSAfungi2025. Who else is coming to #Madison next week?! @msafungi.bsky.social @msastudents.bsky.social

Excellent opinion piece written to your hometown community, Alex! "And what will we lose if we allow that science to be quietly dismantled?" #McClintockLetters

Alex Lando@alexlando.bsky.social · last yr.

Even the most politically conservative newspapers will still publish an article on funding science if you make it relevant to their readers! Check out my Letter to the Editor (pg 14) as part of the #McClintockLetters initiative! view.flipdocs.com?ID=10009972_...

Even the most politically conservative newspapers will still publish an article on funding science if you make it relevant to their readers! Check out my Letter to the Editor (pg 14) as part of the #McClintockLetters initiative! view.flipdocs.com?ID=10009972_...

JL #586

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What a week!!! First @nytimes.com, and now we are so honored to have the McClintock Letters initiative featured in @science.org ! Let’s keep the ball rolling on public-facing sci comm :) www.science.org/content/arti...

U.S. researchers are speaking up for science in local newspapers

Through two grassroots efforts, more than 80 op eds have been published in news outlets across the country

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Happy 123rd Birthday, Dr. Barbara McClintock! Thank you to the #scientists participating in the nationwide #SciComm initiative, #McClintockLettters, that is in her honor. We are speaking to our local hometown communities about the value of federally funded research, and the impactful work we do.

Hbd to the legend, Barbara McClintock 🎂🎉 Working on the McClintock Letters initiative with @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social + others has been beyond inspiring. Thank you to all 580+ scientists who participated!!!

How amazing are @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social in the Times?? Happy birthday to Barbara McClintock and what an honor to work on this project in her name! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...

To Protest Budget Cuts, Young Scientists Try Letters to the Editor

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Sign on to the open letter by us over at @snapcoalition.bsky.social! An amazing collaboration of researchers pushing the fight for science with brave new ideas and impeccable communication skills!

Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club (ASAP)@cornellasap.bsky.social · last yr.

EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS - Sign on to the @snapcoalition.bsky.social open letter calling to preserve the future of the American scientific enterprise. Can sign anonymously: forms.gle/JD2iHyuyWndD... #DefendResearch #StandUpForScience #McClintockLetters

Check out our fungi-tastic special issue, full of marvels of mycology — and many articles accessible for free! 🍄🍄🍄 www.cell.com/current-biol...